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COP 24: Mixed feelings for the future of planet

The 24th UN Climate Change Conference (COP 24) was held in Katowice, Poland, from 3 to 15 December, gathering parties from all around the world to push further work on the fight against climate change, exactly three years after the Paris Agreement. Although the initial feeling was that the negotiations would not end up in some tangible results for the future of the planet, governments eventually adopted a robust set of guidelines for implementing the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement, literally on...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-cop-24-mixed-feelings-for-the-future-of-planet/

University of Birmingham gets funding for Arctic shipping emissions research

The UK’s Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), funded by the UK government, has granted scientists at the University of Birmingham a total of £1.6M to lead a project investigating shipping emissions in the Arctic and North Atlantic atmosphere.

Called SEANA (Shipping Emissions in the Arctic and North Atlantic Atmosphere), the project also includes partners from the University of Exeter, British Antarctic Survey and Cranfield University, and is expected to run for 5 years, starting from...

https://safety4sea.com/university-of-birmingham-gets-funding-for-arctic-shipping-emissions-research/

IMO’s training for managing insecurity in west Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden

IMO provides training to countries in the west Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden on managing insecurity in the maritime domain in a regional workshop at the Djibouti Regional Training Centre during 9-13 December.

Namely, the countries taking part in the training face major piracy problems in the maritime industry. Therefore, the participants are being educated on regional and national measures that need to be taken to adequately acknowledge, influence, prevent, protect and respond to challenges and...

https://safety4sea.com/imos-training-for-managing-insecurity-in-west-indian-ocean-and-gulf-of-aden/

IMO Maritime Safety Committee Completes 100th Session Landmark

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The Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) completed its landmark 100th session, with progress in the regulatory scoping exercise on maritime autonomous surface ships; approval of revised guidelines on fatigue and further updates on work on goal-based standards, polar shipping and safety issues relating to low-sulphur fuel.

A special session brought in invited speakers who discussed future technologies and the continued role of the seafarer. A new IMO safety video was launched, highlighting the wide...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/maritime-safety-committee-msc-100th-session-3-7-december-2018/

IMO: MSC 100 summary

The Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) completed its landmark 100th session, with progress in the regulatory scoping exercise on maritime autonomous surface ships; approval of revised guidelines on fatigue and further updates on work on goal-based standards, polar shipping and safety issues relating to low-sulphur fuel.

A special session brought in invited speakers who discussed future technologies and the continued role of the seafarer. A new IMO safety video was launched, highlighting the wide...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/12/13/imo-msc-100-summary/

Understanding marine biofouling: How anti-fouling systems prevent growth

During a ship’s lifetime microorganisms, plants, algae, or animals will gather in its hull, during a process called biofouling. These organisms, known as invasive aquatic species, can negatively affect a ship’s operation, while they also present a threat to the marine environment. However, there is a solution and is called antifouling. Antifouling is the process of protecting a ship’s hull with specifically designed materials, such as special paints, that prevent these organisms from piling up...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-understanding-marine-biofouling-how-anti-fouling-systems-prevent-growth/

IMO focuses on wreck removal challenges

In order to raise awareness on the dangers of ship wrecks, IMO led a panel discussion on wreck removal challenges, at the Salvage & Wreck Removal Conference in London, during 5-7 December. The Convention began in 2015, giving an insight on the international legal framework on liability and compensation by providing the first set of  global rules pursuing to ensure the prompt and effective removal of wrecks located in a country’s exclusive economic zone.

Namely, IMO’s Nairobi Wreck Removal...

https://safety4sea.com/imo-focuses-on-wreck-removal-challenges/

Global Maritime Forum supports IMO’s decarbonization vision

The Global Maritime Forum supports the IMO’s vision to reduce GHG emissions in the future and calls to action CEOs and maritime industry leaders in favour of decarbonization.

Namely, the Global Maritime Forum is an international non profit foundation, aiming to boost the potential of the global maritime industry. It tries to shape the future of global seaborne trade in order to increase sustainable long-term economic development and human well-being.

According to the Global Maritime Forum,...

https://safety4sea.com/global-maritime-forum-supports-decarbonization/

IMO MSC 100 agrees to tackle sulphur cap safety implications

IMO MSC 100 completed its milestone 100th session on 7 December. MSC 100 had a busy agenda encompassing maritime autonomous surface ships, fatigue guidance for seafarers, polar shipping, goal-based standards and of course the 2020 sulphur cap.

Fuel quality and safety

IMO MSC 100 considered a proposal that the issue of fuel oil safety, which is currently regulated under MAPROL Annex VI,  should be under MSC instead of MEPC, and possibly included into SOLAS.

Moreover MSC 100 concluded that it should...

https://safety4sea.com/imo-msc-100-agrees-to-tackle-sulphur-cap-safety-implications/

Sustainable ship recycling project in Bangladesh: Second phase launched

The second phase of an IMO-implemented project to enhance safe and environmentally sound ship recycling in Bangladesh has been launched at a meeting of stakeholders in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 26 November. The 19-month project, funded under a US$1.1 million agreement with Norway, will focus on legal and institutional analysis of ship recycling in the country and will develop a roadmap for the Government of Bangladesh to accede to Hong Kong Convention.

The project will build on the first phase of...

https://safety4sea.com/sustainable-ship-recycling-project-in-bangladesh-second-phase-launched/

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